Parachute

//ˈpæɹəʃuːt// name, noun, verb, slang

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A town in Garfield County, Colorado, United States, named after Parachute Creek; it was renamed Grand Valley in 1908, regaining its original name in the 1980s.
Noun
  1. 1
    A device, generally constructed from fabric, that is designed to employ air resistance to control the fall of an object or person, causing them to float instead of falling.
  2. 2
    rescue equipment consisting of a device that fills with air and retards your fall wordnet
  3. 3
    A web or fold of skin extending between the legs of gliding mammals, such as the flying squirrel and colugo.
  4. 4
    Any of various mushrooms with broad, domed caps.
  5. 5
    A small collar which fastens around the scrotum and from which weights can be hung.

    "Under that there are dildos and butt-plugs arranged by size on two shelves: two fat butt-plugs and four small ones, four two-headed dildos, eight ordinary dildos. Under that, the little material hanging on nails: five different pairs of nipple clamps, some clothespins, a parachute for the balls, a dog collar, two hoods, one in leather, one in latex, six cockrings, in steel or leather, regular or with built-in ball-squeezers, two dick sheaths […]"

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  1. 6
    A large sheet of fabric used in children's physical education, often colorful, with handles allowing many people to control its motion.
Verb
  1. 1
    To jump, fall, descend, etc. using such a device. intransitive

    "Like most human activities, ballooning has sponsored heroes and hucksters and a good deal in between. For every dedicated scientist patiently recording atmospheric pressure and wind speed while shivering at high altitudes, there is a carnival barker with a bevy of pretty girls willing to dangle from a basket or parachute down to earth."

  2. 2
    jump from an airplane and descend with a parachute wordnet
  3. 3
    To introduce into a place using such a device. transitive

    "The soldiers were parachuted behind enemy lines."

  4. 4
    To place (somebody) in an organisation in a position of authority without their having previous experience there; used with in or into. transitive
  5. 5
    To wrap illicit drugs in a covering before swallowing them, so that they will be released for absorption when the covering dissolves within the body. slang

Etymology

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French parachute, from para- (“protection against”) (as in parasol) and chute (“fall”).

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French parachute, from para- (“protection against”) (as in parasol) and chute (“fall”).

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